Universidad Simón Bolívar

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Week 8: Color

Week 8 Objectives

By the end of Week 8 , students will have:

been introduced to the topics of Color, Light, and Texture
solved a Jigsaw Puzzle to introduce the topic of Color
chatted about Mayart Jigsaw Puzzle
discussed about Primary and Secondary, Warm and Cool, Complementary, Natural and Arbitrary,Tinted and Shaded colors
read about Color Wheel, Value, Mood, Natural Color, Analogous Colors and Color Effects
done Color our World 1
done Color our World 2
understood the difference between "colour "color"
created a page dedicated to Color in their wikispaces
learned new words about Color
added new words to the glossary in Moodle
taken Quiz 3

Week 8 Lesson Plan:

Day 1: COLOR

1. Introduction to the unit (Individual work):

Mayart Jigsaw Puzzle was taken from the JigZone, an online Jigsaw Puzzle site where you can create your own puzzles and choose the level of difficulty of any puzzle from a simple 6 piece cut to a challenging 247 piece cut.
Here is the one we have chosen for you (87 Piece Crazy). The person who has the record, did it in 2 minutes, eleven seconds. Let's see how fast you can solve it, and who will be the first in our class to finish it...
Good luck to everyone!!!
On your marks, get set, GO!!! (Click on the image)

2. Chatting about Activity 1 (Pair Work)

2.1 When you finish solving the puzzle, look at the image, and open Yahoo Messenger to discuss the following questions with a classmate in a chat:

Do you like the combination of colors in it?
What kind of object do you think it is? What is it good for?
How was color used in this piece of Mayan Art?
Does this piece have any texture?
How important is color in visual arts? and light?
What do color, light and texture have to do with each other?
How are color, light and texture important in Architecture?
How are color, light and texture important in Urban Planning?

2.2 Save the chat, and upload it to the corresponding folder in Moodle

3. Exploring The Artist's ToolKit: Visual Elements and Principles (Group Work)

Before you go to the Artist's Toolkit, discuss what you know about these concepts:
- Primary and Secondary Colors
- Warm and Cool Colors
- Complementary Colors
- Natural and Arbitrary Colors
- Tinted and Shaded Colors
- Analogous Colors

4. Exploring what The Artist's ToolKit Encyclopedia: and other sites have to tell us about:

Color
Color Wheel Color Wheel II
Value **Color Value Tints & Shades**
Analogous Colors
Mood
Natural Color
Color Effects
Black & White

Note:
Take notes while doing the activities above and also while reading the texts below. Create a page titled "Color" in your wikispace where you will upload all of your notes about Color to later study for Quiz 3. Do not forget to add new words to our Glossary in Moodle.

Day 2: COLOR

Professor Rubena St. Louis from USB Languages Department has created these reading lessons about color.
Please do all the activities she proposes.

5. Colour our World I (Individual work)

6. Colour Advisor (Individual Work) / Writing 2 (3 pts) .

Note: Instead of selecting 4 clients, please offer solutions to only 3 of them.

7. Colour our World II (Individual Work)

8. Quiz 3 on Color (6 pts)

For Quiz 3, please study everything we have said, read, and discussed about Color (Week 8).
It is strictly necessary that you finish all Week 8 activities before you do the quiz.
This Quiz will be administered F2F on the second hour of Week 8 / Day 2 (This event will not repeat).
Your presence in the classroom is mandatory
Please bring pencil and eraser.